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LONDON:

PRINTED BY R. GILBERT,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME.

SERMONS.

SERMON I.

THE RELIGIOUS USE OF BOTANICAL PHILOSOPHY.

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed

after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was

in itself; and God saw that it was good. Gen. i. 12..

[Preached on Mr. Fairchild's foundation at the church of St. Leonard,

Shoreditch, June 1, 1784.]

SERMON II.

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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURE AND ECONOMY OF BEASTS

AND CATTLE.

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and

cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that

creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw

that it was good. Gen. i. 25

[A second sermon, on the same occasion, preached on the Tuesday in

Whitsun-week, May 17, 1785.]

SERMON III.

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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE EARTH

AND ITS MINERALS.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered.

together unto one place, and let the dry land appear;

and it was so.

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And God called the dry land earth; and the gathering to-

gether of the waters called he seas; and God saw that

it was good. Gen. i. 9, 10.....

[A third sermon, on the same occasion, preached June 6, 1786.]

SERMON IV.

ON THE NATURAL EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the

world are clearly seen, being understood by the things

that are made, even his eternal power and godhead.

Rom. i. 20.....

[A fourth sermon, on the same occasion, preached Tuesday in

Whitsun Week, 1787.]

SERMON V.

THE NATURE AND EXCELLENCE OF MUSIC.

Sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. Psalm

xcviii. 6.....

[Preached at the opening of a new organ, at Nayland, Suffolk,

July 29, 1787.]

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SERMON VI.

THE REASONABLENESS AND NECESSITY OF Fearing god.

Fear God. 1 Pet. ii. 17.

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PAROCHIAL REFORMATION RECOMMENDed.

To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to

the other the savour of life unto life: and who is suffi-

cient for these things? 2 Cor. ii. 16...............

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SERMON IX.

THE DUTY OF RELIEVING THE POOR and their CHILDREN.`

Ye have the poor with you always, and, whensoever ye

will, ye may do them good. Mark xiv. 7. ....

[Preached in the parish church of St. Peter's, Colchester, April 27, 1783.]

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SERMON X.

THE BLESSEDNESS OF CONSIDERING THE POOR.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy: the Lord

shall deliver him in the time of trouble. Psalm xli. 1. 142

[Preached at Chelmsford, September 10, 1786, for the benefit of the

charity school.]

SERMON XI.

THE HISTORY OF COLLECTIONS FOR THE POOR; WITH ADVICE

TO THE MEMBERS OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have

given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by

him in store as God hath prospered him. 1 Cor. i. 2. 157

[Preached to a friendly society (who, by mutual contribution, re-

lieve one another) on Easter Tuesday, 1782.]

SERMON XII.

ETERNAL LIFE, THE GREAT PROMISE OF THE LAW.

As touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read

that which was spoken to you by God, saying, I am the

God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of

Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the liv-

ing. Matt. xxii. 31, 32.

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SERMON XIII and XIV.

PRODIGALITY DISPLAYED, AND ECONOMY RECOMMENDED.

And when he had spent all, he began to be in want. Luke

xv. 14....

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189 and 202

SERMON XV.

THE MAN OF SIN.

How is it that ye do not discern this time? Luke xii. 56. 217

[Preached at Spring Garden Chapel, on Sunday, Jan. 26, and at

Oxford Chapel, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 1794.]

SERMON XVI.

THE AGE OF UNBELIEF.

When the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the

[Preached in Spring Garden Chapel, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 1795.]

SERMON XVII.

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THE NATURE, USES, DANGERS, SUFFERINGS, AND PRESERVATIVES

OF THE HUMAN IMAGINATION.

God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,

and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart

was only evil continually. Gen. vi. 5.

SERMON XVIII and XIX.

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A FRIENDLY ADMONITION TO THE CHURCHMAN, ON the sense

AND SUFFICIENCY OF HIS RELIGION.

Hear the Church. Matt. xviii. 17.

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265 and 281

[Addressed to the inhabitants of the parish of Paston, in

Northamptonshire.]

SERMON XX.

THE USE AND ABUSE OF THIS world.

And they that use this world as not abusing it. 1 Cor.

vii. 31.

[Preached at St. Bene't, Gracechurch, in the city of London, on

Sunday, October 9, 1796.]

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